Comments on: Do We Doodle to Doodle, Solve a Problem, Find a Design?

By: Barbara Hartsook

Barbara Hartsook — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 21:55:08 +0000

Hi Lynn. What fun your fridge magnets are! Doodle away every day!

I word-doodle with little letter tiles in my BananaGram. It’s addictive, and a wonderful pasttime while the water boils or the coffee brews. So I can imagine what fun can be had with your tiles.

I’d add another, alternative use, for them. Paint a section of a child’s schoolroom and or playroom with the magnetic paint and keep the tiles handy. (My fridge face is covered with kids and grandkids — school pics and sports buttons and such. I used to have those plastic letters with magnets on the backs by the barrel-ful, and the young ones played to their hearts’ content.

Today I’d add you tiles — but not allow the two-year-olds access without my being around. Amazing what they want to eat.

I completely agree about doodling. You can use clay as well. Anything making something from nothing without a plan, just playing to see what can be done — I call all of that doodling. It’s brainstoruming with your hands!

Thanks so much for coming by.

By: Lynn

Lynn — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 01:14:06 +0000

You have a great site Barbara–I happened upon it as I’m looking for discussions on the benefits of doodling.

I liked your story above about the engineer doodling with rocks. Doodling doesn’t have to take place on paper! I’m actually a fridge doodler these days (www.FridgeArtist.com). Little colored magnets make for yet another fun and unexpected medium to play with!

Thanks again for posting on this topic!

By: Barbara Hartsook

Barbara Hartsook — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 20:41:24 +0000

Hi Patricia. No wonder you write so well! Doodling with words has served you well, probably built and reinforced your vocab too.

I like to write with pen on pretty paper, the kind that feels at home with the way the ink flows. The words are so pretty… I especially like when what the words look like, written, agrees with their definitions. I like numerals too. Can make very fun doodles out of all of it!

When I’m free writing I want the pen, but intentional writing requires the keyboard, for the reason you gave. Thanks for coming by… I just restocked the bottled water.

By: Patricia

Patricia — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:00:50 +0000

Love your new theme up top and your photograph today.
When I get pen and paper in hand I write words in my best penmanship ever….yep words. I started this in 7th grade when taking notes in a lecture style class. I would use the margin to write every word I could think of that started with A…if I filled up that margin, then I would move to B….I do all my journal writing with pen and paper….but most of my beautiful words flow out of me onto the computer keyboard…I think this river runs quickly and the keyboard can keep up…faster than the pen with my thinking.

When on the phone I might add a picture, but I am so rarely talking on the phone these days.
I liked this post so much, Thank you for sharing and putting up your doodles!
My pet name for Librarian daughter when she was little was doodles because she made small drawings on everything.
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By: Barbara Hartsook

Barbara Hartsook — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 14:01:12 +0000

Hi Swati. I love your comment, …doodles are allowed to be meaningless…! So you don’t think about creating something. Just moving the hand in patterns seems to result in meaningfulness. Not necessarily on the paper, but in the mind.

Thank you so much for visiting several posts and leaving notes.

By: Swati

Swati — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:24:17 +0000

For doodling, I need 3 things to spare – a hand, a paper and a pen (or pencil), a combination that usually happens when I am on phone!
Why do I doodle? Oh, just because! I guess if I were to be conscious of the ‘art’, I wouldn’t be doing it, feel inhibited. But doodles are allowed to be meaningless, shapeless, so that is OK. I find myself repeating a few patterns I learned when a child – and which I thought then were really cool. I think it may be because I practised them so much that they are kind of automatic now.

By: Barbara Hartsook

Barbara Hartsook — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 21:24:26 +0000

Thank you, Barbara. I’ll be adjusting it as I learn how. I’m watching your changes as well.

I apologize that comments are not carrying folks back to your latest blog post. Still working on that……. Meanwhile, they can click on your name.

By: Barbara Swafford

Barbara Swafford — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 05:16:52 +0000

Hi Barb,

I’m dropping by to check out your new theme. It’s beautiful. Great job Barb.

See you again soon.

By: Barbara Hartsook

Barbara Hartsook — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 12:28:42 +0000

Hi Annette. I think doodling is just good for clearing away cobwebs. Thanks.

By: Annette Graves

Annette Graves — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 14:22:15 +0000

Hi Barb and good morning. Just had to check what you were doing today. To bad I didn’t save all the doodles I did in the years past. I guess everyone doodles some way, feels good while you are doing it anyway. Great post.